The European Digital UniverCity or EDUC makes it possible for teachers and researchers to network and exchange across Europe, share resources and address a European audience.
With EDUC, your teaching and research is not limited to your university. By targeting innovative online and blended courses, EDUC creates many new opportunities for sharing and networking.
Increase the reach of your lectures, seminars or language courses, experience inter-European exchange in the lecture hall or in the lab, create a strong scientific community to tackle contemporary issues together.
Academic staff: EDUC Alliance – Access the European community
EDUC WIDE
- the research and innovation part of EDUC
- uses tools that will strengthen interdisciplinary collaborative research
- explores ways to escalate technology transfer in different areas, from ICT to social sciences and humanities
- works with a long-term plan that addresses central, global challenges
- ensures that citizens, especially young people, are engaged in science
- nurtures entrepreneurial mindsets among students and researchers
- funded by the European Excellence Initiative (EEI) which follows the Horizon Europe funding that enabled EDUC's research and innovation pilot, EDUC-SHARE
EDUC Alliance – Collaborate with the best
Virtual Mobility
- EDUC will develop virtual subjects/courses to be taught online from 2024
- The course offer is to be developed in collaboration between the academic community at the various EDUC-universities, and USN is part of this.
- In the spring of 2023, a framework for subject/course development will be drawn up
- In the autumn of 2023, there will be an announcement for scientific employees who can apply to develop a subject/course through the scheme
Internationalizaton of Study Programs
- EDUC will develop its own measures for the internationalization of study programmes. Part of this will be: guest lectures, teaching in English, project collaboration between students across the institutions, international issues in the syllabus and so on.
- In the spring of 2023, a framework will be drawn up for the development of internationalization components in the programme.
- In the autumn of 2023, there will be an announcement for scientific employees, where you can apply to develop internationalization in your own study program through a scheme.
Double and Joint Degrees
- EDUC shall support the development of double and joint degrees within the alliance.
- Common frameworks and routines for double and joint degrees for EDUC will be developed.
- In the spring of 2024, there will be an announcement for scientific employees who can apply to develop joint or double degrees in collaboration with other universities in the alliance.
Research based Education
- A separate subject in research-based method and theory of science will be developed for bachelor students, which will be taught partly online and partly with physical mobility, for students from all eight partner institutions from 2024.
- Temporary placement in research positions (research internships) for master's students will be developed, which will be launched in 2024.
- Blended summer research schools will be developed for PhD students, which will start in 2024.
Internship
- Joint arrangements must be developed for students across the alliance.
- Bachelor's and Master's students can travel abroad, and USN, with partner companies, will get students from the other universities.
Entrepreneurship courses
- A common framework for entrepreneurship education at PhD level is being worked on. There will be more information here soon.
Staff Weeks
EDUC organizes thematic Staff Eeeks aimed at different staff groups across our eight universities.
The objective is to create networks across the universities and learn from each other.
This involves physical mobility to partner institutions and is supported through Erasmus mobility grants for staff mobility.
Overview of upcoming Staff Weeks»: EDUC Staff Weeks (educalliance.eu)